February 25, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Joint statement by the UN AU EU IGAD UK and US Envoys to Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
  • South West State To Address Insecurity (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somali Intelligence To Strengthen Mogadishu Hotels Security (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somaliland Decides To Halt Talks With Federal Government (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Police Break-Up Protests Over Missing Boy’s ‘Hoax’ Murder (Xikmo News)
  • Global Somalia Diaspora Celebration Angers Somali Community In Minneapolis (Radio RBC)
  • Somalia Custodial Corps Celebrate 45th Anniversary In Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Obama Nominates First U.S. Envoy To Somalia Since 1991 (Daily Nation)
  • Blast Rocks Somali Capital; 2 Feared Dead (World Bulletin)
  • Firing Squads Blast Walls And Dangerous Diplomacy In Somalia (AFP/Yahoo News)
  • Somali Troop Training Hampered By Lack Of Housing And Equipment Says EUTM Chief (IHS Janes)
  • Mayor Murray Joins Calls To Address The Somali Remittance Crisis (The Stranger)
  • Power Lunch: Local Somalis Gather At MOA In Stand Against Terror (CBS Local)
  • Helping Local Somalis Deal With Autism (UT San Diego)

February 25, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Fighting Erupts In Guriel Between Somali Forces And Ahlu Suna Militants (Radio Dalsan)
  • Authorities in Middle Shabelle And Elders Discuss Clearing Road Blocks (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Two Children Died Of Thirst In Yeed Bakol (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Mahas Administration: “Government Forces Killed Al-Shabab Ring Leader” (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Government To Come Up With A Plan To Reduce Fire Incidents (Radio Danan)
  • Fishermen In Eyl Complain About Illegal Vessels (Garowe Online)
  • Al Shabaab Kills Somali Soldiers In Puntland Ambush (World Bulletin)
  • Democracy Exposes Kenya To Terrorism – Nkaissery (Star Kenya)
  • Al-Shabaab Getting Publicity It Wanted Somali Leaders Say (CBS Local)
  • Somalia: Majority Of Capital Residents Surveyed Feel Safer Than In 2013 (Christian Science Monitor)
  • The Oscar-Nominated ‘Pirate’ Working To Bring Good Fortune To Somalia (CNN)
  • Hawala Closure: Anti-terrorism Regulation That Boosts Radicalization (Somali Current)
February 25, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

February 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • New Directives To Petrol Vendors In Howlwadaag (Radio Danan)
  • In Minnesota Somalis Don’t Want Al-Shabab To Define Them (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Security Forces Carry Out Operations in Kismayo (Radio Danan)
  • IDPs From Guri El Face Bleak Conditions (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Ahlu Sunna Accuses Government Of Halting Offensive Against Al Shabaab (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Baidoa Children Go To School As Security Improves (Radio Ergo)
  • Kenya To Build Wall On Border With Somalia (Daily Nation)
  • Al Shabaab Desperate Says Military (The Star – Kenya)
  • A Catch-22 In Kenya: Western Terrorism Alerts May Fuel Terrorism (New York Times)
  • Al-Shabab Threat ‘Disgusting’ Says Leader Of Edmonton’s Somali Community (Global News)
  • Politician’s Death Brings Somalia’s Violence Close to Home (Wall Street Journal)
  • Meet The Canadian  Star Of  Somalia’s  National  Bandy Team (The Star)
February 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 24, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Fire Engulfs Fuel Market In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland Forces Repel Al Shabaab Attack (Garowe Online)
  • Several Arrested In Connection With Murder Cases In Wadajir District In Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Somali Police Force In Dhuusa-Mareeb Launches Security Operations( Radio Goobjoog)
  • Turkish Ambassador To Somalia Visits Kismayo (Radio Bar-kulan/Radio Goobjoog)
  • Khalifa Foundation To Build Water Project In Somalia (Gulf news)
  • AMISOM: Al Shabaab Is Doomed To Fail (The Insider Uganda)
  • East Africa’s Bloc Says Terrorists Won’t Stop Efforts To Stabilise Somalia (Xinhua News/China.org)
  • Security Chief Warns Shoppers After Terror Threat (BBC)
  • Al-Shabaab Video Shows How Far It Lags Behind In ‘Jihadi Draft’ (The Guardian)
  • In The Footsteps Of Somalia’s Civil War (CNN)
February 24, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

February 23, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Mohamud Guelleh Tour Djiboutian Peacekeeping Force Bases (Garowe Online)
  • Former Somali Lawmaker Says He Knew Hotel Suicide Bomber (Xikmo News)
  • Arrests Made After Mogadishu Hotel Bombing (Hiiraan Online)
  • Modest And Fragile Food Security Improvements (Somali Globe)
  • IDPs Evicted From Camps In Kismayo (Radio Ergo)
  • Joseph Nkaiserry Says Terrorists Now Using Mosques (Standard Media)
  • Kenya Endorses New Somalia State (The Star)
  • Dutch Dual Nationals In Mogadishu Hotel Suicide Bombings (AFP/Yahoo News)
  • Al-Shabaab Threatens Malls Some In U.S.; FBI downplays threat (CNN)
  • Turkey Extends Naval Mission In Gulf of Aden (Turkish Weekly)
  • The Hollywood Pirate Returning To Somalia (Newsweek)
  • Choking Off The Somali Hawala (Warscapes)
February 23, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

February 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Qoryooley Clashes Lull As Sides Call For Reinforcements (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somali Entrepreneur Raises $100 Million To Revolutionize Money Transfer Industry (Sahan Journal)
  • Galgadud Governor Asks Aid For Families Displaced By Guriel Clashes (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Seafarers Call For Assistance From The Government (Radio Danan)
  • NUSOJ MAP and VIKES Hold Training On Principles Of Journalism Freedom Of Expression And Ethics For 30 Journalists In Garowe (Somali Update)
  • DP William Ruto Says Kenya Keen To Stabilise Somalia Open Embassy In Mogadishu (Standard Media)
  • EAC To Consider S. Sudan Somalia Request To Join Bloc (Daily Monitor)
  • More Than War: ‘Captain Phillips’ Star Hopes For Another Somalia (AFP/Yahoo News)
  • Bandy Builds Bridges For Somali Refugees (Nordstjernan)
  • Dispatches: Overlooking The Cost To Somalia’s Civilians (HRW)
  • Delivering Humanitarian Aid In Somalia: Islamic Identity Doesn’t Automatically Unlock Access To Areas Controlled By Al-Shabaab – New Report (Somali Current)
February 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Somali Remittance Services Set To Stop On Thursday (Hiiraan Online)
  • Mogadishu Residents Welcome Ongoing Security Scoop (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Chief Of The Djibouti Defence Forces Major General Zakaria Sheikh Arrives Beledweyn Hiran (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Puntland Military Tribunal In Garowe Withdraws Verdict On Al-Shabaab Members (RBC Radio)
  • Scrap Terrorism Charges Against Journalists EAJA Tells Governments (Somali Current)
  • East African Community Initiates Process To Establish Political Federation (Standard Media)
  • Minister Of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Somali Ambassador Sign MoU (Emirates News Agency)
  • Somalis Panic As Cash Flow Dries Up After U.S. Remittance Lifeline Cut (Reuters)
  • Somali Lawmakers Position Themselves For 2016 Election (Voice of America)
  • Can The Feds Stop Islamic State Recruiters From Preying On Somali Americans? (Vice)
February 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

February 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Puntland Court Hands Sentence To Al-Shabaab Recruits (Garowe Online)
  • On CNN 2 Somali-Americans Clash Over Anti-terror Program In Minnesota’s Somali Community (Sahan Journal)
  • New Minister For Defence Takes Over The Ministry’s Office (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Plans Underway To Establish Barawe Airport (Radio Dalsan)
  • Security Ministry Displays Alleged killers in Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • US Banks Criticised For Banning Somalis From Sending Money Home (Daily Nation)
  • British Muslims Turn To US Embassy For Radicalisation Advice (Channel 4 New)
  • Dem Rep’s Steps To Stop Extremism Include Less Surveillance Allow Wire Transfers To Somalia(Washington Free Beacon)
  • For Somalis In Minneapolis Jihadi Recruiting Is A Recurring Nightmare (NPR)
February 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 19, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Security Sweep In Beledweyne Nets 50 Suspects (Garowe Online)
  • Khat Import Resumes After Temporary Halt Over Increased Cost (Radio Dalsan)
  • Ministry For Security Details The Security Operations in Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
  • FAO Establishes New Butchery In Galkayo (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Somalia President Meets Ethiopian PM (Garowe Online)
  • Mixed Reactions As Kenya Farmers Suspend Somalia ‘Miraa’ Export (Coastweek)
  • Somalia Lauds Kuwait’s Leading Humanitarian Role (Kuwait News Agency)
  • Donor-Backed Body Questions Somali State Contract Awards (Reuters Africa)
  • La Brezza Owner Marco Abdi Dead At 59 (Calgary Herald)
  • Terror Groups Take Advantage Of Power Vacuums Insecurity To Thrive at Home (CNN.com)
February 19, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

February 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Mogadishu: Security Operations Onoing At Key Junctions (Mareeg Media)
  • Government Forces Capture Al-Shabaab Ring Leaders in Bakol (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Unlawful Detention: Somali-American Languishes In Kenyan Prison (Sahal News)
  • UK Diplomat Warns Against The Increase Of Somali Immigrants On Libyan Coast (Dalsan Radio)
  • Somaliland Clan Militia Clash Near Buuhoodle (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Government Forces Conduct Security Operation In Wajid (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • UN Team Reviews QRC Projects In Somalia (Peninsula Qatar)
  • Soldier Who Killed Three Women Acquitted (New Vision)
  • Muslim Leaders Concerned About Anti-Extremism Initiative (Washington Times/AP)
  • Joe Biden Draws Criticism For Remark About Somali Cab Drivers (The Huffington Post)
February 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.